Container.



M; KARP; CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14, 1913.

Patented July 14, 1914.

UNTTED STATES PAiTENT OFFE.

MORRIS KARP, OF PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO PASSAIC METAL WARE COMPANY, OF PASSAIG, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1914.

Application filed November 14, 1913. Serial N 0. 800,910.

T 0 all whomit may concern Be it known that I, Momus KARP, a citlzen of the United States, and resident of Passaic, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in containers, such as oil cans and the like, provided with spouts or nozzles, and the object of my invention .is to provide a spout or nozzle so constructed that it may be pushed within the can when not in use or for transportation, and whereby the spout or nozzle may be caused to project from the can for use.

In carrying out my invention I provide a guide adapted to be attached to a container at its outlet or neck, and a spout or nozzle adjustably fitted to said guide to move in or out relatively thereto, with means for securely fitting said guide to the container or its neck, means to prevent leakage around the spout or nozzle whenit is pushed outwardly for use, and means to close over the spout and make a tight fit to prevent leakage when the spout is pushed inwardly.

My invention also comprises novel details of improvement and combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompany- -in drawings forming part hereof, wherein Figure 1 is a partly sectional side view 0 a container embodying my invention, showing the parts in position for shipment; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the upper portion of the container, illustrating the parts in position for use, and Fig.3 is a section on the line 8, 3, in Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 indicates any suitable container, such as a tin can, shown provided with a neck 1 having screw threads 1".

At 2 is a guide or support for an adjustable spout or nozzle 3, which guide or support 2 is shown adapted to be secured at or upon neck l The guide 2 is shown pro vided with a gasket or washer v4 fitting adjacent its outer edges upon neck 1. The parts 2 and 4 are secured together so that said guide will be supported by gasket 4. For this purpose the outer end of .guide 2 is shown flanged at 2 and provided with several projections 2 the outer ends of which are secured to gasket 4. For such purpose I have shown the extreme ends of projections 2 as bent backwardly at 2, and driven into gasket 4. Over gasket 4 and guide 2 is a cap 5 having threads meshing with the threads 1 of neck i so that when guide 2 is passed through the neck into the container, and its gasket 4 rests upon neck 1, the cap 5, by being screwed firmly upon gasket 4, will force the latter against the end of the neck and secure the parts firmly together, with guide 2 depending from the neck into the container. Cap 5 is provided with a centrally disposed opening 5 within which the spout or nozzle 3 is adapted to slide, and said spout is provided at its inner end with a washer 6, that is adapted to bear against the inner surface of cap 5, as in Fig. 2, to prevent leakage of liquid-through the opening in cap 5 around the spout when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2. The inner end of spout 3 is shown flanged outwardly at 3 and washer 6 rests upon said flange.

At. 7 is a suitable spring shown located within guide 2, and hearing at its inner end against the inturned abutment portion 2 of said guide, the outer end of said spring bearing against the flange of spout 8, whereby said spout may be pushed by said spring through opening 5" in cap 5 to cause the washer 6 to bear tightly against said cap.

Guide 2 may be in tubular form having an inlet opening 2 at its lower end, and having one or more openings 2 near its outer end, such openings permitting liquid to flow into said guide from the container. o

At 8 is a cap screw-threaded to fit over the ,threads 5 of cap 5, and adapted, when so screwed into position, to push the spout 3 into its guide, as in Fig. 1. Cap 8 is shown provided with an internal gasket or washer 9 adapted to seal against cap 5, and shown provided with a centrally disposed opening 9 whereby the outer end of spout 3 may engage said cap. The cap 5 is provided with then be inserted in cap 5, and the guide may be pushed through the neck of the container,

and the cap 5 screwed tightly thereon to force gasket 4 tightly. against the end of the neck. This arrangement provides a simple and efiicient means to enable the container first to be charged with its contents, and then to enable the cap and the guide for the spout to be secured in place, Without the necessity of soldering said parts together.- After the 5, thereby pushing the spout into the can,

and said cap 8 may be screwed upon cap 5, to retain the parts in the position shown in lilig, 1, for transportation and storage. Sprin will keep spout 3 pushed against cap 8, a d the gasket 9 will make a tight fit against cap 5, whereby leakage is prevented. When the container is to be used, the cap 8 is unscrewed from cap 5, and spring will then push spout 3 outwardly, as in Fig- 2, en-

abling the container then to be used in the manner of an ordinary oil can having a spout, a by squeezing the flexible walls or bottom of the container.

My improvements are simple andcheap'to manufacture, and provide convenient and eiiicient means for keeping the container closed when not in use, and afford convenient use of the can, as customary with oil cans of this class, V

Having now described-- my invention what I claim is 1. The combination of a container, a cap,

means to support the cap upon the container, a guide suspended from the cap and depending within the container, a spout movable within the guide and through openings in the container and cap, and a spring within the guide to retain said spout projected from the guide through said openings.

2. The combination of a container having an opening, an aperture cap fitted over said opening, a guide suspended from the cap and depending within the container through said opening. a spout movable in said guide through the opening in said cap, the guide having an abutment, and a spring within the guide acting against the spout and abutment for normally retaining the spout projected through the guide and cap,

3. The combination of a guide, and means to attach the guide .to a container-,comprising a cap fitted to and supporting'the guide, a spoutpthe guide havinganiabutmentat its-inner .pbrtiom a. spring; Within sthesguide bearingngainst-the spear-t ands abutmentst o retain the spout pro ected through the cap spout within the prevent leakage beprojected through the cap and guide, and a washer encirclingthe spout to engage the cap to prevent leakage between the cap and spout, said washer being fitted to slide with the spout within said guide.

5. The combination of a guide, and means to attach the-guide to a-container comprising a cap fitted over the guide, a spout,

n eans'to retain the spout projected through the guide, said spout having a flange at its inner enchand a washer upon the spout/co acting with said flange.

'6'. The combination of a guide, a gasket connected therewith to engage a container, an apertu'red cap receiving said gasket, 9; spout within the guide adapted to be projected through the "opening in the cap, and means coacting with the, guide to retain said spout projected through said opening.

7. The combination of a guide, a gasket connected therewith to engage a container, an apertured cap receiving said gasket, said guide being suspended from the cap, a spout within the guide adapted to be projected through the opening in te cap, means coacting with the "ide to retain said spout projected throug the opening in the cap, and means to prevent leakage between the cap and spout.

8. The combination of a guide, a gasket connected therewith to engage a container,-

an apertured cap receiving said gasket, a spout within the guide adapted to be projected through the opening in the cap, a spring within the guide operating against the latter and against the spoutto retain said spout projected through said opening, and a washer upon the spout adapted to engage said cap toprevent leakage between the spout andcap. g

9.- The combination of a guide, a gasket connected therewith to engage a container,

an apertured cap receiving said gasket-a guide adapted to be pro jected through the opening in the cap, means to retain said spout projected through said opening, and a washer upon the spout adapted to engage said cap topre'vent leak+ age between the spout and cap. 1

10. The combination of a container having neck, a cap to fit said neck, a guide extending into the cap, means to suspend the guide from the container, a spout within the guide, a spring coa'cting-with the spoutand guide to normally press the spout outwardly, and means; to:v preventaIeakage-I between the spcutzand cap. I I

11.1 ,The, combination .431 a zsontainfimmaqw r ing a neck, a cap to fit said neck, a guideextending intov the cap, guide from the container, a spout within the guide, a spring carried by and coacting' with the spout and guide to normally press the spout outwardly, means to prevent leakage between the spout and cap, and a second cap fitted over the first named cap and spogtadapted to push the latter into 'the u1' e.

12. The combination of a container having a threaded neck, .a threaded cap to fit said neck, a guide extending into the cap, a gasket within the cap' connected with the guide and adapted to coact with said neck, a spout within the uide, a spring coacting with the spout anf guide to normally press the spout outwardly, and a washer upon the spout to engage the cap.

13. The combination of a container having a threaded neck, a threaded cap to fit said neck, a'guide extending into the cap, a gasket within the cap connected with the de and adapted to coact with said neck, a spout within the guide, a spring coacting with the spout and guide to normally press means to suspend the i the spout outwardly, a washer upon the spout to engage the cap, and a threaded cap adapted to tit on the first named cap to push the spout into the guide.

14. The combination of a container having a threaded neck, a threaded cap to fit said neck, a guide extending into the cap, a gasket within the cap connected, with the guide and adapted to coact with said neck, a

spout within the guide, a spring coacting with the spout and guide to normally press the spout outwardly, a washer upon the spout to engage the cap, and a threaded cap adapted to fit on the first named cap to push the spout into the guide, the last named cap having an internal washer, the first named cap having a raised portion to coact with said washer.

Signed at Passaic,.in the county of Pass'aic, and State of New Jersey, this 27th day of October, A. D. 1913.

MORRIS KARI.

Witnesses:

ISAAC M. ENGLAND, K. L. FREDERICK. 

